According to Clark and Mayer (2011), segmenting is when the instructor breaks up a complex "lesson into manageable segments--parts that convey just one or two or three steps in the process or procedure or describe just one or two of three major relations among the elements. When the instructor breaks up a lesson the right way they are still able to keep the original lesson in tact without "destroying the accuracy of the lesson." (p. 209)
After a phone conversation with Shirley and Natisha we realized even after watching the tutorials about Wikis we were still just as confused after watching the video as we were before. This got Shirley thinking and she found a think that talks about everything there is to know about wikis (http://wiki.wetpaint.com/). The site uses the segmentation principle because it breaks the topic of wiki into small sections that makes it easier for the learner to understand and to find what they are looking for. For example on the home page it consists of nine areas. On the navigation bar it splits up the topic of wikis even more into 17 parts. Within some of those parts for example Wiki 101 is split into 13 segments such as How Wikis Work, Why Wikis, Wiki Applications and 20 Ways to Wiki just to name a few. It is nice to see such a broad topic broken down into so many parts but at the same time having it broken down too much is almost too much for me to handle but it might be alright for other people.
A worked example using the segmentation principle:
Worked examples are examples that show how to do a problem one step at a time. Sometimes problems can take multiple steps to solve and instead of doing it all one page which can overwhelm the learner or confuse them even more. So the instructor can put each step of the problem on different pages so the learner can learn how to do it at their own pace. This can be very helpful when learners are taking a math class especially calculus which often involves multiple steps and multiple parts to a problem just to solve the original question.
Clark, R.C., & Mayer, R.E. (2011). E-Learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumer and designer of multi-media learning (3rd ed.) San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
Segmentation Principle
According to Clark and Mayer (2011), segmenting is when the instructor breaks up a complex "lesson into manageable segments--parts that convey just one or two or three steps in the process or procedure or describe just one or two of three major relations among the elements. When the instructor breaks up a lesson the right way they are still able to keep the original lesson in tact without "destroying the accuracy of the lesson." (p. 209)
After a phone conversation with Shirley and Natisha we realized even after watching the tutorials about Wikis we were still just as confused after watching the video as we were before. This got Shirley thinking and she found a think that talks about everything there is to know about wikis (http://wiki.wetpaint.com/). The site uses the segmentation principle because it breaks the topic of wiki into small sections that makes it easier for the learner to understand and to find what they are looking for. For example on the home page it consists of nine areas. On the navigation bar it splits up the topic of wikis even more into 17 parts. Within some of those parts for example Wiki 101 is split into 13 segments such as How Wikis Work, Why Wikis, Wiki Applications and 20 Ways to Wiki just to name a few. It is nice to see such a broad topic broken down into so many parts but at the same time having it broken down too much is almost too much for me to handle but it might be alright for other people.
A worked example using the segmentation principle:
Worked examples are examples that show how to do a problem one step at a time. Sometimes problems can take multiple steps to solve and instead of doing it all one page which can overwhelm the learner or confuse them even more. So the instructor can put each step of the problem on different pages so the learner can learn how to do it at their own pace. This can be very helpful when learners are taking a math class especially calculus which often involves multiple steps and multiple parts to a problem just to solve the original question.
Clark, R.C., & Mayer, R.E. (2011). E-Learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumer and designer of multi-media learning (3rd ed.) San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.